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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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nice looking stuff on Mt. Rushmore. Too bad it is off limits.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - May 2, 2011 - 07:49pm PT
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It's cold here again. Warm climbing photos are good for the soul - thanks for posting. I've not climbed at Mt. Rushmore. Other good photos of what it's like?
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Crimpie, tons of climbing by the monument and actually the Park is very climber friendly. No fee to climb in the park a nice free climbers campground with the toilet.There are probably around 1000 routes that have been done in the area. There is a new book coming out fairly soon that will cover everthing east of Harney Peak. There is an unlimited about of rock in this area with many many clasics. Many have been retro bolted and now have too many bolts IMO, but there is plenty of trad as well. Here is a trip report http://www.supertopo.com/tr/A-Short-Walk-with-Dingus-McGee/t10834n.html we did last year to do some old routes in the Mt. Rushmore area. There is an unbelievable abount of unclimbed rock in the backcountry. Seems as they were only try to bag the skinniest spires back in the day and there are a ton of granite that has barely been touched beacuse it has something other than a 5th class summit.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - May 2, 2011 - 11:34pm PT
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Thanks. Sigh. Looking forward to it warming up so I'll move away from the fireplace and go outside. :)
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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May 16, 2011 - 12:12am PT
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Got out hiking in the Balck Elk Wilderness behind Horsethief Lake on a cool day with the family a week ago. Too many spires don't know the names.
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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May 16, 2011 - 01:31am PT
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Is that trail up the draw where the creek comes into Horsethief open again?
A year and a half ago we went up to the Window and it was posted that the trail was closed.
Mike M,
I see your other thread about summit registers, there's one at the Window too.
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Aya K
Trad climber
New York
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May 16, 2011 - 01:42am PT
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Glad to hear a new guidebook for Rushmore is coming out. Did a roadtrip out west last summer and we had a bit of trouble finding some stuff at some of the areas, although that kept it more adventurey and fun. The rock was just so cool, the big crystals and knobs and fins and stuff, all kinds of stuff I don't really see back east.
Only spent two days at the Needles, but met up with a bunch of cool local climber/guider who were really nice and super duper hospitable, and we made the most of our time. Learned that if you tell the breakfast sandwich woman in the concession by the lake that you're a climber, you get MEGA breakfast sandwiches.
The guidebook for Devil's Tower, the stupid one with the dumb cartoons and photos, is almost as bad as the one they recently did for the gunks. Gotta say, as soon as my hand heals up (surgery, still in a splint, I may be out for a while yet) I really want to get back out there. It was allll awesome, although the needles were maybe a little scary for me!
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jun 29, 2011 - 06:18pm PT
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It will certainly be warm today 102 in the shade.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jul 28, 2011 - 02:37am PT
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Hung out at the free climber campgroung and took the family up to Old Baldy. It was nice in the shade.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 16, 2011 - 12:20am PT
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Is there, currently any sort of up to date bouldering guide to the needles? .pdf would be ideal.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Sep 30, 2011 - 12:48pm PT
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I don't think there is Jaybro, but Mountain Project has some stuff on it I believe. The best thing to do is just hike up to Old Baldy(big dome on the hill behind Mount Rushmore) and there is a lot of really good problems on the plateu at its base.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 30, 2011 - 01:28pm PT
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Beautiful place. It's been tooooo looooooong. Thanks for keeping alive this terrific thread Mike M.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Nov 28, 2011 - 02:46pm PT
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Not the Needles but Spearfish Canyon can be surprisingly warm in the winter. Had three 60ish degree days last week. Sunshine Wall is about 2 miles long and south facing that heats up very nicely when everything else is cold. About 100 routes in this area.http://www.mountainproject.com/v/sunshine/105868936
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jan 15, 2012 - 08:59pm PT
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It was supposed to be in the 50's today, but still some fat ice to be had on the north side of Harney Peak.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Mar 22, 2012 - 01:34am PT
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80+degrees but belaying off the ice. Warm and cold climbing in the needles.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 22, 2012 - 10:32am PT
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Jealous!
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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It has been almost two years since getting to Sylvan Lake. This place oozes with history and adventure. Rummor has it that the pledge of allegence was led by NIC from the summit of the Thimble with a flag draped below to an audience of hundreds who all joined in on the 4th.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jul 16, 2012 - 02:37pm PT
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Got back again yesterday but it was very warm and we did not get a lot done but did do some good reconnasence(?).Great views of the Cathedral Spires from the Picket Fence.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jul 16, 2012 - 07:31pm PT
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Anyone know what the name of the thin curved spire in the center of the last photo I posted. It is on the north side of the cathedral spire group maybe in the Spire 8 area or something.
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